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Showtime Rips Off ACLU, Parody or Plagiarism?

Is using some one else’s remarkable image a form of flattery, or is it just plain theft? You be the judge.

Almost 3 years ago, Los Angeles Branding and Advertising Agency, Benenson Janson, ran a series of ads for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in major Publications encouraging all people to stand up for the freedoms that are so important to all of us… not just by displaying the flag, but rather by being part of the process that helps defend the rights that keep us all free.

The things our flag really stands for.

The images in those ads underlined the difference between talking the talk and actually taking a stand and doing something. One of those images shows a close-up of a young woman with her tongue out, displaying an American flag, a beautiful and powerful statement.

A new campaign, launched just last week, displays the exact same visual concept… this time attached to comic Tracey Ullman’s head, used in a campaign by Showtime to promote her new political satire show, “State of the Union.”